VALOGNES, City of Art and History, is situated in the West of France in the Basse-Normandie region, Manche Department, in the center of the Cotentin pensinsula.

As a country town and administrative center, Valognes has 7,850 inhabitants and is situated in the heart of about 40 rural villages with about 22,000 inhabitants.

How to go to Valognes

Road access
From Paris, HighwayNational Road A13 and National Road N 13 (4 lanes between Caen and Cherbourg)
From Nantes, Rennes: Highway A84, N174 and N13

By train
From Paris, Saint Lazare Station, direct trains (about 3 hours) - Passenger and freight -
Valognes Station - +33/(0)2 33 40 10 12

By boat
Cherbourg deep water harbour – harbour master's office - +33/(0)2 33 87 65 70 – +33/(0)2 33 20 41 25
Ferry Boats to Great Britain (Portsmouth, Poole), Irland (Rosslare) and the Anglo-Norman Isles

By plane
International Airport Cherbourg-Maupertus at 18 km –Paris/London/Jersey - +33/(0)2 33 88 57 60

Major cities close to Valognes

Cherbourg: 20 km
Saint-Lô: 55 km
Bayeux: 72 km
Caen: 100 km
Rennes: 175 km
Rouen: 210 km
Paris: 320 km
Londres: 210 km
Southampton: 110 km

Valognes is the twin town of

An English town in Dorset: Wimborne (5 h 40 by ferry)
A German town in the Rhineland: Stolberg at 550 km

Valognes, in the heart of the Norman hedged farmland, is close to the Channel (350 km seashore)

Closest beaches

East coast: Quinéville (15 mn) - Saint-Vaast (20 mn)
West coast: Portbail (30 mn) - Barneville-Carteret (30 mn) – Siouville (30 mn)

Yachting harbours

Saint-Vaast La Hougue – Cherbourg - Barneville-Carteret – Carentan – Granville - Diélette

Fishing Ports

Cherbourg, Saint-Vaast-La-Hougue - Barfleur – Barneville-Carteret Granville

The Isles

Tatihou
Iles Saint Marcouf
Anglo-Norman Isles: Jersey, Guernesey, Sercq, Aurigny, Chausey

Exceptional sites

Mont Saint Michel at 1h 45
The Normandy landing shores at 20 mn
The Hague at 45 km
The Bayeux tapestry at 80 km

More information: www.ot-cotentin-bocage-valognais.fr